Ye Olde Beverlie in Canterbury - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Lovely environment, helpful chef as I am celiac, so needed gluten free option. Well cooked meal.

I have lived in Canterbury my whole life and have been going to this pub for ages. Everything about it is so nice.

The staff were welcoming and warm but that was the only positive of this pub. The tables were all sticky, and the garden unkempt with cigarette butts everywhere. The lawn was not mowed and there were overgrown beds. It wasn't a space we were happy to sit in so moved inside on one of the sunny afternoons which felt disappointing. There was no toilet roll and the toilets were dirty. The food was average/poor and glasses dirty.

Didn't eat . Service very good. Atmosphere can't comment on was playing bat and trap in the garden

I just went for a drink in the garden here which was nice and peaceful, no kids playground here. It has a high walled very old feel to it and so you felt like you were sitting in a village pub surrounded by very old buildings rather than on the edge of a 1970s housing estate. A place of peace and tranquility in a busy city. Very good service and I saw that the sandwiches come with fries so a good meal if you have a big appetite.

Been coming here for years, always very homely and good food

A lovely local pub with fireplace, wooden beams and ample character. Big, secluded beer garden at the back. Good selection of drinks and food options. A great local!

Visited very early evening for a pre gig meal, the pub is handy for the Gulbenkian Theatre just up the road. Menu offers typical pub food with a few more elaborate dishes (eg wild boar raviolini). Nice decor, welcoming staff. We settled on traditional fare, Haddock and Chips, and Ham,Egg and Chips. Both were good, large portions, tasty food, nothing special but just what we expected. Service was friendly. For dessert we had the Eton Mess, and a Lemon Tart, both of which were again tasty. Pleasant atmosphere, decent food, we will return next time we attend a gig nearby.

Honestly one of the best pubs in Canterbury, if you're looking for a local Ye olde Beverlie is the one to beat, amazing drinks selection and friendly staff, if youre around the area, pop in, you won't be disappointed.

I love going to this pub, staff are friendly, atmosphere is amazing especially on a rainy day by the fireplace.

Soft drinks were extremely overpriced, £5 for a pint of Coke or Lemonade

Lucky to call this 'my local'. Food is fantastic although it has got a bit expensive. Always a warm and inviting atmosphere with friendly staff.

Visited here on 10/03/2024 (Mother’s Day). Had a long wait for food which is fine as they were busy. Food was ok, but the beef was bloody…and tough not pleasant. Then had to wait 25 mins while the pudding was actually being made! Watch your bill as they tried to charge us an extra £12.00 for drinks they knew we had not had. They need to sort their interior doors as every time somebody came in it would slam against the door adjacent and stick. Another family had to keep getting up to sort it out as they were cold. We will not be going back! On a good note, the waitresses were very pleasant.

A pub that has been on my to visit list for ages. Been here twice now. Lovely interior. Always love an old looking pub with hobs hanging from the ceiling and exposed timber beams. It's never been busy so it's easy to grab a drink. Barman on both occasions was very friendly and accommodating. Haven't eaten so can't rate the food.

Great pub, friendly and helpful staff, good food and a popular quiz on Monday evenings in aid of Canterbury Food Bank - oh and a good selection of beers too.

Nice place to go for a pint, lovely local pub feel with a good sized beer garden. Decent selection of drinks on tap with friendly service. Never too busy or too loud a good solid pub in a nice location.

The food is really good for the price. The service is amazing (especially amiee and eden) and I will definitely recommend the place to my friends.

Did not go for a meal, just a drink, so no comment on the food. Great traditional put, well-kept beer, good staff. Fire place, all the atmosphere you want from a good pub.

I came in for a coffee, ordered an americano which turned out to be granulated cheap stuff. I was charged £2:20. Ordered a chicken bacon club bloomer, bread was basic toast bread, not a fresh bloomer, small handful of fries. £11:50. Feel ripped off, won't be coming again. Think if the quality of products are reduced so should the price. The staff were nice, the place was nice and clean but the quality and price of the food and beverage left me disappointed and I don't usually complain.

The food is so bland and disgusting tge staff haven't got a clue how to run a pub the place is soul less I will not be returning

I like it, a little pricey though

I am a local and like the Bev when you are able to get a drink. What I don't understand is that all the front tables are reserved for meals and when asking the staff where can you sit for a quiet drink they say "plenty of room in the back restaurant area". Surely the restaurant area could be set aside for reservations and the front bit remain for those who want a drink or three??

Great garden. If you're passing, take a pause at Ye Olde Beverlie. Doubt you'll regret it. I had halloumi fries and sweet potato something-or-others. Very tasty. Perfect with beer.

Good food, friendly and welcoming.

What a sweet spot this is, and with great food. I had the stone bass, perfectly prepared., with an excellent glass of wine. I’d totally go back if I’m in Canterbury again.

Only went in for drinks, super friendly staff and great service

The pub itself is lovely. The food is overpriced for what it is. Sandwich made with supposedly wholemeal bread, which actually looked like sliced hovis. Sorry but won't be back for good

Uninspiring menu and what we did have was just awful! Can't even make chips Staff were friendly and did take stuff off the bill Very disappointing

£18 for two drinks is… very steep.

The pub was quiet inside but busy In the garden as it was a nice afternoon. The starter was excellent. My main was meant to be steak chips and watercress salad, I ended up with rocket instead of the salad which was a little disappointing. The chips were really good. The desert was ok, the pavlova had almost no meringue and the cheeseboard was the most disappointing, being very small, having some old shriveled grapes for £12 and 5 small biscuits and a tiny portion of cheese. The staff attended us well. You have to pay at the bar before you get the food leaving you no recourse. Stick with the starter and mains.

The atmosphere here was just delightful! Staff were so friendly and chatty. My dad and I enjoyed a wonderful meal, in a quiet section of the restaurant with some delicious drinks. Would 100% recommend.

Nice Little place with a decent garden. Bar staff are friendly but food was just ok.

Went for lunch. Lovely pub in a great setting with the bonus of a large sunny garden. Very friendly welcoming staff too. But the food was a real let down. Both meals had obviously been microwaved. The seafood spaghetti had shell in it making it gritty. The pie top was so hard and overbaked the only way to eat the pie was to turn it upside down. The inside of the pie lid was black! The pub is a great place to meet for drinks but I wouldn't eat there again.

Generally okay, food fine but not amazing.

£4.50 for a pint of coke is a rip off. Fuming.

What a lovely pub, great food & selection of beers, with a very nice garden.

Very disappointing food at the Bev. A number of items on the menu were not available, which is ok, sometimes these things happen. But the food we did order was incomplete, only containing about a third of the components listed from the menu, which the staff didn’t make us aware of. The staff weren’t especially interested in the quality of the food they were serving up, nor apologetic that they had knowingly served us incomplete dishes. When queried, the response was that they didn’t have the ingredients. The treacle toffee pudding was rock solid that it was inedible and the waffle dish was a shop bought waffle with two scoops of ice cream. Although a partial refund was offered at the end, it would have been better if they had just been upfront at the point of ordering about what we could have expected from the dishes we had ordered.

excellent beer and great service

Food menunis enough but could be more option for vegetarians/vegans

Such a cosy oldy worldy pub...hospitality and food amazing...always come here when we visit Canterbury

Friendly classic pub with great food. Staff were exceptional. Would recommend.

Only had drinks here but will def return to try the food. Ever so welcoming and dog friendly

Got the seafood risotto and it was quite bland but edible nevertheless. The salt and pepper squid changed and it’s basically calimari now. Loved the loaded fries. Would definitely get it again. The staff was extremely friendly which really made the experience. Food came out efficiently.

A traditional English pub with excellent food and service.

A lovely quaint pub showing the character of Canterbury, ruined by tacky Guinness decor half-heartedly pinned around the pub. Bar staff were lovely and food absolutely delicious! A wider rosé wine selection would also be beneficial.

Really bad experience, won’t be back - utterly disappointed.

Very nicely done. The staff were friendly and the food was good and reasonably priced. Everything clean. Service was spot-on. Well done.

We have stopped for a drink here before but never to eat. The Menu online looked good, so we took the plunge. Staff always so cheerful and friendly. The Restaurant area is small but really cosy, carpeted throughout so felt warm and homely. Next door to the kitchen but no cooking smells. The Menu has some favourites eg: fish and chips, ham, egg and chips and some slightly different dishes. I would recommend the chicken kiev. We were served really quickly, food was hot served on hot plates, portion size very good. FRAN who was serving us was excellent. No idea why we haven't eaten here before !!

Nice atmosphere. Great pub with great food. Definitely try their fajitas.

Unfortunately the meals we ordered were not available which was a shame . Could have been better in the day i visited with my daughter.

Table of 9..lovely pub friendly staff..main meals good..Crumble was rubbish..if your serving plum n apple crumble thats what I expect,not fruit with crushed biscuits on top!!.Really disappointed..

We went to the olde Beverlie today for a family get together and had the Christmas menu. We all loved it and the food was great. Would definitely recommend The pub and the waitress was really great.

Staff have no interpersonal skills, we where asked to sit in the garden as tables were booked but all tables were empty so we drank our drinks and left, horrible atmosphere was so lovely in the summer in the garden but will not go back again after being treated like that 😞

Possibly the worst meal out I have ever had. Went in for a family birthday meal, there was 7 of us and the menus online suggested a good variety. The roast menu online is not what you are served. It boasted lamb or beef, braised red cabbage, mash and cauliflower cheese. Instead it was beef or pork with a oily parsnips and carrot that are barely roasted and cabbage mixed with peas. However, this was not the worst if it. We all had starters, the salt and vinegar chicken wings resembled a kebab shop end of the night wing, the type that was reheated many times. The calamari was undercooked, I had given half to my partner.. everyone that has eaten the calamari have had an upset stomach since. The steak was ok - except the menu again, doesn’t reflect what you ate served. My partner had the butchers burger, except the chef forgot the salt beef so that was served later in the meal. That was dry, as was the childrens burger. The childrens burger was in an adult bun, with a tiny burger inside, so dry it was inedible. Then the puddings, they were star of the show however, again, the menu didn’t reflect what you are served. That boasted clotted cream ice cream, toasted hazelnuts, fresh raspberry’s and a shortbread crumb. It was a brownie with white chocolate chunks on and vanilla ice cream. Service was slow but ok, I appreciated it was busy, but even the most impeccable service could not make up for the worst food ever. It’s not exactly cheap either, the steak was £20, the burger was £16 and the dried up chicken wings were £7!!!! Unfortunately it’s not what it used to, it’s gone from lovely food many years ago, to food that doesn’t even really compete with whetherspoons. Such a shame.

Wonderful , good food, service, staff, hot food buffet for a special birthday ! 💙🎉🥳🎊

We held a Wedding Breakfast here for 17 people on a weekday evening in November and the service was outstanding. We had 3 courses all different from the main menu and all delivered timely hot well presented and very tasty. Excellent service and would definitely recommend!

It is a lovely old pub with friendly staff, and good food. It is also dog friendly, hence why it deserves a higher rating. The only reason why I rated it a 4 rather than 5 is due to, two criticisms, it's food menu could be more varied, and there was no non-dairy milk option for tea and coffee.

Ye Olde Beverlie served as the clubhouse for one of the first proper cricket clubs in England. Teams from Kent dominated cricket between 1830 and 1850. The Beverley Cricket Club was formed in 1835 and played on Beverley Meadow, owned by the brothers John and William Baker. The nearby Ye Olde Beverlie Inn served as their clubhouse. In 1839 the club held their first Cricket Week which drew 4,000 spectators.

Such a lovely local pub with a great atmosphere. The staff are super friendly and the food is delicious - especially the fajitas. It’s also really dog friendly so I can bring my little pup and there are always treats for her - a great touch.

Meal was quite tasty, although there was grit in the spinach and the new potatoes just on the hard side. Table was not properly clean, the whole surface was sticky.

The staff and the environment were nice but the food was appalling. I ordered a chicken salad at a normal price of £11.95, not especially cheap. Couldn’t believe my eyes when it finally arrived. The portion of the salad was unbelievably small, with only a few leaves of rockets. This portion of vegetables is less than a side dish. Are vegetables that expensive? Why can't they serve a decent size of food to customers? Talking about the chicken, the meat was so dry and stringy that I had to stop after a few bites. My husband’s fish and chips was not much better. The batter was very oily and he said that’s the worst he’d ever eaten in Canterbury. When such quality of food is served, plus very slow service, no wonder there are barely any other customers even at lunch hours.

Solid pub. Traditional banter style staff.

Enjoyed a lovely meal tonight, unfortunately no steak but my son enjoyed a huge burger instead. Fajitas were fab. Definitely recommended

Excellent pub, great food, friendly staff!

Friendly to dogs and humans and a good garden, general good vibes. Haven't eaten there yet but moving closeby soon so will do!

Lovely time spent in the beer garden. Staff were friendly and the pub had a great atmosphere. Delicious beer too!

Almost the entire menu was unavailable. Only burgers left, which were all beef, no chicken or vegetarian. The menu even if fully available was direly lacking vegetarian options and no vegan options and no gluten free either. No indication was given when we arrived that the menu was mostly unavailable and this was a reservation booked earlier that afternoon. Disappointing and the burgers were overcooked and rather bland. Nothing compared to the Beverlie's better Mexican options.

I haven’t been here in years due to the old covid, but popped in for lunch before picking the kids up from school. Boy, am I glad I did! I had the guacamole with tortilla chips to start and the grilled cheese lunch burrito. Both very fresh and utterly scrum-diddly-umptious! Highly recommend for lunch or dinner. I’ll be back…

I haven’t been here in years due to the old covid, but popped in for lunch before picking the kids up from school. Boy, am I glad I did! I had the guacamole with tortilla chips to start and the grilled cheese lunch burrito. Both very fresh and utterly scrum-diddly-umptious! Highly recommend for lunch or dinner. I’ll be back…

One of the cosiest traditional pubs I've visited in Canterbury. The staff were very welcoming and friendly and attentive. I absolutely adored the interior decor. I was really fascinated to try Mexican food in a pub and the menu looked really good but unfortunately the food was an OK experience. I ordered the chicken tinga enchilada and the tomato sauce used was way too sweet for the dish (I think the sauce was shop-bought like Dolmio) and the cheese tasted very cheap. If the ingredients were better, I'm no doubt sure this dish would have tasted amazing. My sister really liked her squid starter. My partner ordered the sizzling steak faijita which allowed him to build his own tortillas and it looked really good. I would visit this pub again and try another dish or just have drinks because the service was really good.

This place is great. Proper grub, well made with decent portions. Lovely staff, good drinks selection. Locals are pleasant too. Garden is huge. Great for a summer day.

Really enjoyed the food and service!

Nice food and very dog friendly. Perfect place to stop after a long walk :-)

Visited recently and suddenly the menu is Mexican only. Not what I wanted for a snack lunch. I saw customers leaving as they didn’t want a Mexican lunch in a traditional pub! I persevered and ordered and was exceptionally disappointed. The food quality was poor and I struggled to eat it. When I mentioned this to the waitress she was defensive bordering on aggressive. What a shame this pun has turned into this - and no excuse for bad service on top.

I drove from Essex to see my daughter who is based in Canterbury for uni. I brought my new puppy so wanted a dog friendly pub, and this one came up. When we got here we asked for a menu but was told they are very short staffed. I said oh I’m gutted, I drove up today to eat here but ordered drinks anyways and made my way back to the table. 5 minutes later the manager (I presumed he was!) arrived at the table with a plate of loaded fries - the gesture was thoughtful and well received (as I was starving!) he again apologies but the effort he went to was just lovely. The loaded fries were lovely - and i can’t wait to return for a full meal.

I love the Beverlie. They welcome dogs so my friend's and I who have dogs will go there for dinners and the food is always so good. I recommend the meat pie. But, the kitchen does have odd hours so check before going.

Love this place. Sizzling steak fahitas are a must!

Excellent local pub with surprisingly good fajitas.

Wonderful service whenever we go in there. Friendly staff and they know what we are drinking lol

Lovely sheltered garden, dog friendly, great food, cocktails galore.

Really nice old world pub with very polite and friendly staff plus the food was very nice and nice ale's..Also dog friendly

A pub with a super good vibe going on. The music is never loud and always seems to have a good tune playing. It's very clean as can be, as far as pubs go and the staff are all smiles, helpful and attentive. The best thing about this pub will have to be the chiefs and the food they turn out. Honestly, the food is top class. Even a classic pub burger tastes like it's out of an very good restaurant. They've never failed to impress me with the food every time I've gone there. It's also child friendly and has a good quiet eating area for families if you don't want to eat in the main pub section. It has a large and nice outside garden that looks to be a great spot for summers. Even if you only visiting Canterbury for a weekend, Ye Olde Beverlie is a must stop by venue.

Lovely atmosphere and friendly staff

Atmosphere great Staff wonderful But really need a better menu more vegetarian and perhaps something gluten free and/or healthier

Very helpful, obliging and caring staff with a huge welcome to dogs. Great food and good local beers.

Very good roast, and great kids menu

Lovely Sunday lunch so plentiful and tasted delicious with great service too

Really nice pub very friendly staff excellent food.

Lovely pub maybe just for a drink 😊 as unfortunately the food was quite poor and the service wasn't to great such a shame have to add was probably was the worst fish an chips I've ever been served was a real shame 😔

So updating my review as the last time we ate at the Bev must have been around 2018 when the management had recently changed and a flurry of bad reviews appeared on TA. Up to that point us and our friends used to visit the pub for food fairly regularly. The Mexican food we had on that visit was appalling ( a shock as it had always been great.) After complaining with the new manager we were invited back and in fact the Mexican meal we had was worse that time, pure 'Old El Paso' and made Taco Locos look good. Quite a feat. (We didn't review that time.) But with Covid I can only assume the manager has either upped her game or has been replaced competely. We ended up visiting on Bank Holiday Monday for a last minute dinner. The waitress could genuinely have not done more to help and should be commended for how welcoming and helpful she was. The food was served quick and we were extremely impressed with the service and food quality. A welcome return to form. Here's hoping it stays that way!

Great food, great service, lovely staff, just a great place to be.

Good beers. Very friendly staff. Nice venue. Nothing to dislike. Recommended.

Christmas menu for a group of 20 friends. Really pleased with the quality of the food and the service was excellent. Nothing was too much trouble. Thanks to Richard and all the staff.

Lovely meal. Great service. Helpful staff. Nice setting. Will definitely go back to eat.

I hosted some customers here for lunch. Food was lovely, good choice and great portions. The staff were so lovely and attentive...would recommend

Lovely friendly helpfull staff.

Brilliant place to relax with family and friends.

This place has a lovely atmosphere. The staff are extremely warm and welcoming. We had the Fajitas to share and they were delicious. We'll definitely be back.

The food was sub standard, I'm not sure if they hire a qualified chef , we shared a bowl of Nacho's and played spot the cheese, this was followed by me wrongly ordering barbeque ribs, correct me if I'm wrong but I was led to believe BBQ sauce was thick and sticky, not at the Beverlie, it was a thin gravy type mess and to make matters worse the chips that accompanied my meal were literally swimming for there lives, as placed under the ribs. The other meal we ordered was chicken fajitas, it had about 4 tortilla wraps but it also only had about 4 small slices of chicken mixed in with the copious amount of onion's. For the pleasure of this meal we were charged £40 Not good at all, we live within walking distance to the Beverlie and was hoping to make this our regular. Maybe for a drink now at best....

Good friendly service, good food, lovely atmosphere.